safir
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
safir m (plural safirs)
Further reading edit
- “safir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “safir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “safir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “safir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
safir c (singular definite safiren, plural indefinite safirer)
Declension edit
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | safir | safiren | safirer | safirerne |
genitive | safirs | safirens | safirers | safirernes |
Further reading edit
- “safir” in Den Danske Ordbog
- safir on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch saffier, from Middle Dutch saffier, from Latin sapphirus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
safir
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “safir” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Old Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros), or an apocopic form of safiro.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
safir m (plural safiros)
- sapphire
- c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 2v:
- Et eſta piedra es cardena en ſu color aſſi q̃ ſemeia al ſafir en la cardenor mas nõ en la luz. ca a eſta nõ traspaſſa el uiso como al ſafir faze ca la su color es mucho espeſſa ⁊ turuia
- And this stone is purple in color, so that it resembles the sapphire in purpleness; but not in light, for sight cannot see through it like it does through sapphire, for its color is too thick and murky.
Descendants edit
- Spanish: zafiro
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French saphir, from Latin sapphirus.
Noun edit
safir n (plural safire)
Declension edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sàfīr m (Cyrillic spelling са̀фӣр)
Declension edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin sapphīrus (“saphire”), from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iːr
Noun edit
safir c
Declension edit
Declension of safir | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | safir | safiren | safirer | safirerna |
Genitive | safirs | safirens | safirers | safirernas |
Anagrams edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from French saphir, from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
safir (definite accusative safiri, plural safirler)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “safir”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “safir”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “safir”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı